Vanessa Smith The Earth Landforms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 What is a landform? | Are shapes on the planets surfaces. |
| What are continents? | They are large land masses. |
| What are Plate Tectonics? | The theory suggests that Earths surface is divided into a dozen or so slowmoving plates or pieces of Earths crust. |
| What is lava? | Magma that reaches Earths surfaces |
| What is earthquakes? | Sudden violent movements of Earths crust. |
| What is weathering? | Is the process by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces. |
| What is erosion? | Is the movement of sediment from one location to another. |
| What is solar energy? | It is the energy from the sun. |
| What is rotation? | It is one complete spin of Earth on its axis? |
| What is revoution? | Its a trip around the sun. |
| What is latitude? | Its the distance north or south of the Earths equator. |
| What is tropics? | Regions close to the equator |
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